Do you ever have those days, when you wake up craving certain things? Like peanut butter and chocolate? I did the other day. I was craving a peanut butter and chocolate treat and a cup of coffee. Of course. I run on coffee. I need coffee. But the peanut butter-chocolate combo craving was so strong, I had to make it possible.

Since I had these Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars, I have been concocting new versions of the easy cheesecake bars in my head. I placed a package of cream cheese on the counter before going to bed, knowing I will be making cheesecake bars the next day. The craving I woke up with made it very easy to decide on flavors.

Peanut butter and chocolate.

But not smack-you-in-the-face peanut butter flavor. I wanted both to be subtle yet there. And that’s what these bars are. No flavor here is dominant, yet together they make a perfectly balanced pair.

These cheesecake bars are a very simple treat. They come together very easily and bake up quickly. The hardest thing is to wait for them to cool. You don’t even have to chill them. This is the kind of dessert you want to make on a rainy, gloomy day to enjoy after a plateful of comfort food for dinner.

Your whole family will love these bars! They are light yet creamy and they melt in your mouth.